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by samsk 635 days ago
BF is slightly hard to read, more like a well written Perl.

IMHO any solid enteprise should use Ook! or similar substitution - power of Perl, with verbosity of COBOL !

https://esolangs.org/wiki/Ook!

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You can embed BF directly in your perl code!

https://metacpan.org/pod/Acme::Brainfuck

There's an Ook! interpreter too but it's more limited.

https://metacpan.org/pod/Language::Ook

If only they'd used the f-word instead of Ook...
I believe it’s a reference to a Discworld personage

The Librarian is known for his violent reaction whenever he hears anyone refer to him as a "monkey" (orang-utans are apes). He speaks an elaborate language whose vocabulary consists of the single word Ook (and its antonym "eek" - where "ook" means yes, "eek" tends to mean no)

https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Librarian

waho, didn't know ! Thanks for explaining.
Seriously, why ? :-)